1. VITTORIO SELLA. Monte Rosa, Lyskamm, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AVI 358. 11.3x5.3" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 12.3x16.5" brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 358. / Monte Rosa, Lyskamm, etc.; inscribed in blue pencil: A VI. Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; inscribed in ink: 358.; Stamped in black ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous Droits Reserves / V. Sella - Biella.

2. VITTORIO SELLA. Swiss Oberland, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AVI 361. I11.3x14.8" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 12.2x16.2" brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 361. / Swiss Oberland, etc.; inscribed in blue pencil: A VI.; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; inscribed in ink: 361.; Stamped in black ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous Droits Reserves / V. Sella - Biella; inscribed in blue pencil: B.K.; inscribed in pencil: B.K.

Ansel Adams paid tribute to Sella's greatness in a 1946 article for the Sierra Club Bulletin when he wrote, "with Sella's sensitive insight and response the magnificence of mountains is distilled into a high order of expression".

"Sella's photography was accomplished using orthochromatic plates which are sensitive to all colors of light except those of the red regions of the specter. Skies were rendered light gray, and foliage medium gray; atmospheric space was well recorded, and as there was little red in the general subject matter, "panchromatic" materials would have offered slight advantage. Color filters were undoubtedly used to reduce the values of the sky and to bring snow and clouds into vigorous relief". ~Ansel Adams

His groundbreaking works of art from the Alps, the Caucasus, Africa, Alaska, and the Himalayas influenced Victorian aesthetics, and furthered scientific studies in the fields of anthropology, cartography, meteorology, and botany, and currently are used extensively in studies of glacial retreat.

1. 358 Good: Abrasions, dirt, scratches marks, 7/8x1/4" missing from L edge of backing. Mount dirty with pieces missing, corner wear is fragile.

2. 361 Very Good: Minor wear, edge wear, abrasions and dirt. Mount has edge and corner wear marks and dirt.